waft

[US]/wɒft/
[UK]/wɑft/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to blow or carry along on or as if on the air
n. the act of wafting; a wafting movement
vi. to float or be carried along by or as if by the air
Word Forms
Past Participlewafted
Pluralwafts
Present Participlewafting
Past Tensewafted
Third Person Singularwafts

Phrases & Collocations

waft of perfume

waft of smoke

Example Sentences

wafts of sulphurous fumes.

wafts of fresh air through the window

Spicy smells wafted through the air.

A breeze wafted the scent towards us.

An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.

choral evensong still wafts across the ether.

the scent of the flowers wafted through the air

The waves wafted the boat to shore.

The scent of the flowers was wafted to us by the breeze.

A scent of honey wafted up from the hives.

models wafted down the catwalk in filmy organza skirts.

The Whiffy Wonder: You can smell these coworkers wafting about from the other end of the office.

A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden.

He was as light and buoyant as swansdown, prey to any breeze that might carry him away, might waft him up to that golden gleam.

Spermatogonial stem cells with DsRed2 expression were detected on frozen section of testis from the recipient mouse 6 wafter transplantation.

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